Signal-glass holder.



F. W. DRESSEL.

SIGNAL GLASS HOLDER.

PLIGATION FILED 1 23.24, 1911.

Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

WITNESSES ATTORNEY si al lamps the same bein of UNITED STATES PATENT()FFICE.

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S1IGNAL-GLASS HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 16,1913.

Continuation otapplication Serial No. 452,305, filed September 9, 1908.This application .filed February 24,

1911. Serial No. 610,493.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, FREDERICK: 1V. Duns: sat, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residingat the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, countyand State of New York, have My invention relates to lmprovements in acontinuation my application, Serial more particularl to provide asimple, efiicolored signal glasses in adapted for adjustment intoposition be- I tween the lamp and the lens of the lantern.

Further, said invention has for 1ts ob1ect to provide means for securingsaid colored signal glasses in the holders in such a man ner that thesame-can be easily removed in order to clean. the same, or to replaceone which has become broken.

' Further, said invention hasfor its object to provide a holder forcolored signal structed' according glasses, by meansof which a signalglass,

although broken, or merely cracked, may still be retained duly-in shapein a holder and permit of its being'adjusted to operative.

position without disturbing its function as a signal glass.

;To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends my inventionconsists in the novelf construction, and 1n the combma-t details 0.tion, connection and arrangement'of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, and then pointed out in the claims. v

' In the accompanying-drawings, forming part of..this specification,wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts,-Figure 1 is aside view showing a slgnal glass holder and the means 'for supportingand operating the same, said holders being provided with one form ofsecuring meansconto and embodying my said invention Fig. 2 is a sectiontaken on v the line 22 of Fig. 1, showing the signal glass secured inposition within the holder, and Fig. 3 is asimilar view ,taken, on thesame line, showing the securingmeans raised to firmit the removal of theglassltherein;

, I said drawings 10 designatesthe signal glass holder comprising aframe 11 made of invented certain new and useful Improve-' "ments inSignal-Glass Holders, of which the following -is a full, clear, andexact speci- 0. 452,305 filed September 9, 1908, and hasfor its 0b]eCt'the'hinged section 19 an thin metal or other material, and essentiallycircular in outline, having a projectlng'portion 12 at one side wherebysaid frame may be attached; to a supporting arm 13 pivotally 'mounted ina bearing 14 adapted for attach- ,ment to a lantern casing, and 15denotes a link pivotally securedto the projecting end of said arm13whereby said. signal glass holder 'mayjbe shifted into and out ofoperative position. The frame '11 is provided along its edge with anupwardly projecting flange or grim 16, and at its base with a circularopening 17 to expose a signal-glass.

.18 denotes a colored signal glass which is secured to the frame withinthe rim portion 16 thereof and retained in position within said frameover the circular opening 17 by means of a pivoted member 19 formed pref,era bly of a piece of wire corresponding in ,outl-me substantially withthe colored signal glass and having its ends 20 20 extending;

through the rim 16 of the frame. a

' Upon the frame 11 at a point about oppositeto' that 'where the hingedsection 1.9 is secured is arranged a. spring locking device consistingpreferably of' a single piece, ofv wire 21 which is secured at one endto the frame 11 along the outer surface of the rim 16 and extendsthrough apertures 22 22 ar ranged in the rim 16 adjacent to the endsthereof. The free end of the spring locking device; 21 is provided witha finger portion 23, and intermediate its free and secured ends saidspring member is provided with an offset portion 24 which is adapted forengagement. with the upper surface of the hingedmember 19' about midwaybetween its pivoted ends.

In order to insert a colored signal glass within the holder 10 it-I'nerely becomes necessary to release the locking device by moving thefree end 23 thereof in the direc 'tion of the arrow at Fig; 1 untiltheoflset portion 24 is free of the hinged member 19. Hereupon the hingedmember 19 is raised to the position illustrated. at Fig.- 3, and thecolored signal glass adjust-edin position in the frame beneath saidhinged member,

,which is thereupon folded tothe position shown at Fig. 2, and thelocking device 21 released, which will thereupon return to its 7 normalposition-with the offset portion 24 in position above the signal' glass-18' and.

assumejgthe position indicated at Fig. 1 and thus hold the partssecuredl y locked. .It will be under- I stood, of course, thatthe' endof the spring locking member 21 may besecured to the. frame in anysuitable manner besides sol- '5 dering, as shown in the presentinstance.

Furthen itwill be noted that by means of the improvzed constructionherein shown and described, the signal 'glass if broken into'severaL'pieces, or merely cracked, may be 1 said frame, and its, otherend free and extending over sald frame and provided with retained. dulyin position withinthe frame and below the hinged section 19 by means ofthe locking device, since substantially the entire periphery ofthesignal glass 1s en-' gaged by thehinged member 19, and thus permit ofthe same being used without interfering with its function until the samecan bereplaced with a new 'one.-

Having thus describedimy invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is: v 1; A signal glass holder comprising a frame, asignal glass therein, a hingedmemher having its end pivotally secured insaid frame abovesaid signal glass, and a spring locking device havingone endsecured to Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents,

as specified.

I Witnesses:

an-"ofiset portion intermediate its ends adapted to-engage said hingedmember for securing said signal glass in position within said frame,substantially as specified. v 2. A signal glass holder comprising aframe, a signal glass therein, a hinged member consisting of a singlepiece of wire having its ends pivotally secured within said frame abovethe signal glass therein, and a spring locking device formed of a singlepiece of wire having. one end secured to said .frame, andits other endfree'and extending over said frame, and an offset portion inter--mediate its ends 'adaptedto engage said hinged member atv a pointopposite to its hinged ends for securin said signal glass in positionwithin said rame, substantially of New York, in the Signed at thecitcounty and State 0 New York on the 15th day of October, one thousandnine hundred and ten.

FREDERICK W. DREs'sEL.

JOHN E. MA'rHnWs, M nnie LEWIS.

Washington, D. (3..

, [SEAL] It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 1,073,224,granted SptemberlG,

improvement in Signal-Glass Holders, was erroneously issued to theinventor, -said Dressel, Whereas said Letters Patent should have beenissued to T lie Dressel Railway La /up llorks, (1' corporatimg "of-NewIbrk, as shown by; the records of correction therein that the same mayconform to the record of the'case in the Patent Signed and sealed this7th day of October, A. D., 1913."

R. T. FRAZIER, 7 Acting Commissioner of Patents.

1913, upon the application of Frederick \V; Dressel, of New Yorkflq. foran assignments in this .ofiice; and that the said Letters Patent shouldbe read with this parts securedl y locked. .It will be under- I stood,of course, thatthe' end of the spring locking member 21 may besecured tothe. frame in any suitable manner besides sol- '5 dering, as shown inthe present instance.

Furthen itwill be noted that by means of the improvzed constructionherein shown and described, the signal 'glass if broken into'severaL'pieces, or merely cracked, may be 1 said frame, and its, otherend free and extending over sald frame and provided with retained. dulyin position withinthe frame and below the hinged section 19 by means ofthe locking device, since substantially the entire periphery ofthesignal glass 1s en-' gaged by thehinged member 19, and thus permit ofthe same being used without interfering with its function until the samecan bereplaced with a new 'one.-

Having thus describedimy invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is: v 1; A signal glass holder comprising a frame, asignal glass therein, a hingedmemher having its end pivotally secured insaid frame abovesaid signal glass, and a spring locking device havingone endsecured to Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents,

as specified.

I Witnesses:

an-"ofiset portion intermediate its ends adapted to-engage said hingedmember for securing said signal glass in position within said frame,substantially as specified. v 2. A signal glass holder comprising aframe, a signal glass therein, a hinged member consisting of a singlepiece of wire having its ends pivotally secured within said frame abovethe signal glass therein, and a spring locking device formed of a singlepiece of wire having. one end secured to said .frame, andits other endfree'and extending over said frame, and an offset portion inter--mediate its ends 'adaptedto engage said hinged member atv a pointopposite to its hinged ends for securin said signal glass in positionwithin said rame, substantially of New York, in the Signed at thecitcounty and State 0 New York on the 15th day of October, one thousandnine hundred and ten.

FREDERICK W. DREs'sEL.

JOHN E. MA'rHnWs, M nnie LEWIS.

Washington, D. (3..

, [SEAL] It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 1,073,224,granted SptemberlG,

improvement in Signal-Glass Holders, was erroneously issued to theinventor, -said Dressel, Whereas said Letters Patent should have beenissued to T lie Dressel Railway La /up llorks, (1' corporatimg "of-NewIbrk, as shown by; the records of correction therein that the same mayconform to the record of the'case in the Patent Signed and sealed this7th day of October, A. D., 1913."

R. T. FRAZIER, 7 Acting Commissioner of Patents.

1913, upon the application of Frederick \V; Dressel, of New Yorkflq. foran assignments in this .ofiice; and that the said Letters Patent shouldbe read with this

